Luke opened his eyes.
"An unfamiliar ceiling."
Luke sat up in confusion, suddenly covering his head with his left hand and his neck with his right.
"Sss~ Ouch, ouch, ouch!"
Looking around, Luke found himself in a room.
The room was very tidy, but also very monotonous.
There was only a bed and a lamp on the ceiling.
"Where is this?"
Before Luke could gather his thoughts, he patted himself down and looked around again.
"Wok! asuramaru is gone."
"Calm down, calm down!"
Luke slapped his face hard to clear his head a little.
After a while, Luke seemed to remember something.
"asuramaru, you scammer! I handed it over to you, and we still didn't win!"
It turned out that after Luke borrowed asuramaru's power, Krul stopped holding back.
The result was that Luke got beaten up.
In the end, he was caught by Krul, who took another big bite in the same position as a year and a half ago.
Already drained once by asuramaru, and then by Krul again in a short time, Luke directly passed out from blood loss.
When he woke up, he was here, and it looked like asuramaru had been confiscated too.
But Luke couldn't figure out why his head hurt when she bit his neck.
He also wondered if Her Highness Krul got drunk this time.
Luke carefully observed the room. The door was locked from the outside. There was a small partition that was a toilet and bathroom.
Over thirty square meters, fairly spacious.
After observing for a while, Luke lay back on the bed.
"Miku, bring me the 'sword art online' novel."
He decided to give up.
This damn room, the drainpipe was only as thick as a forearm, the ventilation duct was welded shut, and the door was locked from the outside. Unless he could teleport, he'd never get out in this lifetime.
Time passed minute by minute. Luke got a bit tired from reading and started to sleep... Krul opened her eyes.
A familiar ceiling.
Krul sat up, holding her head.
"This feeling again."
Krul looked around. It was her palace.
How did I get back?
She remembered catching that human brat last night and taking a good, hard bite of his blood. The other party fainted.
But she knew her limits; it wasn't fatal. After all, blood like his was one of a kind.
Then came the familiar dizziness. Just as she was about to sleep right there, Alucard tickled her with his tail, which dissipated much of her drowsiness.
Krul couldn't be allowed to sleep now, so Alucard didn't drink Luke's blood for his own appetite. If Krul was drunk, he couldn't afford to be drunk temporarily.
Relying on instinct and Alucard's guidance, Krul went to meet up with the Vampire forces with Luke in tow. But something seemed to happen along the way; she blacked out and couldn't remember.
It probably wasn't anything major.
In the end, Krul didn't even know how she got back to Sanguinem.
Fortunately, Vampires recover quickly. After waking up from sleep, the dizziness was gone, and her mind was clear again.
Alucard lay to the side, snoring.
He probably also took a sip of Luke's blood after meeting up with the Vampire forces.
Krul got out of bed, shook her head, and the drowsiness faded.
"Attendants!"
... Ichinose Guren opened his eyes.
Such a blue sky.
Ichinose Guren struggled to sit up.
His whole body ached.
"What rotten luck!"
Around 4:30 AM, Hiiragi Tenri's reinforcements arrived. Hiiragi Kureto gathered the Emperor Demon members to launch a counterattack against the Vampires.
Their squad was one of the main forces.
At first, everything went smoothly.
The Vampire higher-ups probably also knew that Shibuya was a must-win for their human forces, so they didn't choose to fight to the death.
The squad rarely encountered Vampires fighting them desperately.
Their main opponents were monsters called the Four Horsemen of John.
But on their way to the Hiiragi Family, they encountered the strongest Vampire they had ever seen in their lives.
The other had the very beautiful appearance of an eleven or twelve-year-old girl. Pink-peach colored hair floated behind her. Red eyes, pointed ears, like an elf from a fairy tale. Oversleeves and a skirt further highlighted her unique style.
Guren narrowed his eyes. He knew her. Mahiru had mentioned her to him. She was the Vampire Queen—the Third Progenitor.
Only, at that time, the other's consciousness didn't seem very clear. Despite having the Vampire-standard pale skin, her face had a faint blush.
An uninformed person might think it was an underage girl in the bloom of youth who had been out drinking and didn't come home at night.
Originally, the other party didn't pay them any mind and seemed to be going somewhere.
But because Ichinose Guren's body was enhanced by a demon, he clearly saw the person she was carrying in her hand—the brat who had picked up Mahiru's sword.
Ichinose Guren immediately led Hiiragi Shinya, Goshi Norito, Jujo Mika, and his attendants Sayuri Hanayori and Yukimi Shigure to surround this lone Vampire.
"Hand over the guy you're holding, and we'll let you leave."
Guren remembered saying that.
And when the other saw a bunch of clueless people blocking her path and threatening her to hand over Luke, for some reason she felt very angry, very agitated.
"Get lost! Humans!"
Krul smiled as she uttered such rude words.
And Guren did not comply.
Even though he knew the other was strong, he now had confidence he could win!
"Enough talk, Lord Guren, kill her!"
Seeing that Krul actually dared to disrespect Lord Guren, Yukimi Shigure immediately spoke up.
Hearing this, Krul burst into laughter.
"Be careful! This Vampire isn't right."
Hiiragi Shinya frowned, feeling somewhat uneasy.
"Nothing's wrong. Guren, give the order!"
Jujo Mika also agreed to attack.
Guren nodded.
"Prepare for battle!"
Hiiragi Shinya said no more. With their squad's strength, dealing with one Upper-ranking Vampire should still be doable.
Sensing the Guren Squad's hostility, Krul casually tossed Luke to the side.
Luke's head hit the wall squarely... and Krul's smile grew increasingly unrestrained.
"Are you trying to steal my exclusive blood supply?"
Both sides were poised for conflict.
Krul moved.
"So fast!"
Everyone in the Guren Squad was shocked.
Guren shouted.
"Shigure, be careful!"
"What?!"
Yukimi Shigure didn't react in time. Krul had already appeared behind her.
"Was it you who wanted to kill me?"
No time to think. A dagger slid out of Yukimi Shigure's sleeve, and she stabbed backward fiercely.
Bam!
The dagger swung halfway when Yukimi Shigure felt a tremendous force hit her waist, causing the dagger to fly from her hand and her whole body to instantly be sent flying over ten meters, embedding into a wall.
A mouthful of bile mixed with blood was vomited out. Yukimi Shigure fainted, losing her fighting ability.
"Shigure! Damn it!"
Guren angrily charged at Krul, chanting incantations.
But he underestimated his opponent and overestimated himself.
A drunkenly rampaging Krul—even Saito would get slapped twice.
Krul saw the charging Guren suddenly split into five, attacking her from different directions.
"Illusion? Hah, still lacking something!"
Krul swung her leg again, kicking towards one of the Gurens.
Clang!
A clear sound rang out. Krul's heel kicked Guren's blade, causing the edge to deviate from Guren's expectation and finally slash into the ground.
But Guren was also battle-hardened. He immediately rolled to dodge a punch from Krul.
But Krul, using the momentum, kicked out again. Guren couldn't dodge while rolling and took a solid kick to the stomach.
Fortunately, the kick wasn't very strong, only sending him flying a few meters, far from enough to knock Guren out.
Krul found several walls suddenly appearing before her eyes.
"The Spellcaster isn't this guy!"
Krul immediately realized.
Her ears twitched slightly. Fixing on a direction, Krul hooked the dagger on the ground with her foot, then did a spinning kick, sending the dagger flying rapidly in one direction.
A gunshot followed closely behind.
"Ah!"
A scream sounded. Goshi Norito clutched his left hand, pierced by the dagger, and wailed.
The world returned to normal in Krul's eyes.
Hiiragi Shinya was sweating profusely. If he hadn't shot the dagger just now, Goshi Norito wouldn't have just injured his hand, but his heart!
"Damn, there's anesthetic on the dagger!"
Goshi Norito felt weak all over and collapsed to the ground.
The ensuing battle held no suspense. The assassin and controller were taken out. Leaving a marksman, a half-health warrior, a battle mage with a long casting time, and a support—they simply couldn't deal with a Krul with maxed-out attack and agility... Guren leaned on his sword and stood up. Looking around, none of his teammates were awake, and Luke was also gone.
Ignoring his own injuries, Guren frantically ran to each teammate to check their breathing.
Guren let out a sigh of relief.
They were all alive.
It seemed most of them were taken down by that Vampire with a single kick. Hiiragi Shinya took two kicks, one to the chest and one to the head.
Goshi Norito seemed to have not slept all night, unable to move his body, but conscious, watching his teammates fall one by one. Who knows if he'll be left with psychological scars.
It must be said, fortunately the other's consciousness wasn't clear either, otherwise she definitely wouldn't have left survivors.
Guren pulled out his phone with a cracked screen.
Three missed calls, all from Hiiragi Kureto.
Guren tapped the call-back button five or six times and finally called back.
"The pedestrian street one kilometer east of the Hiiragi Family. Come pick us up."
The call connected. Guren didn't wait for Hiiragi Kureto to speak, gave the address, and hung up.
"We got wiped out."
Ichinose Guren sighed, looking up at the sky.
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